the a u t o m a t i c a g e
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______________ C H IC AG O, JU L Y , 1927
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No. 12
ffEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE! ENGLISHMEN
DIDDLE W ITH DIDDLE M ACHINES!
the
loty Interesting clippings printed be-
r°*n the London Daily Mail:
"Th'
IS Prosecution is really a final
ities ^
see ^ what the author-
Il°t h'e^ar(^ as a Pu^ c nuisance can-
of V, e ^ealt with by some new form
s°Hs ° Ce^Ure— by prosecuting’ the per
Su„i lesPonsible fo r the opening o f
Establishments."
to be adjourned until the appeal had
been determined.
A “ Daily Mail” reporter, who ex
perimented yesterday to see how long
it would take to lose 10s., found an
amusement hall with 32 machines, but
they were all occupied, and he had
to wait 20 minutes before he could
start.
Mr. Muskett at Bow-street
when prosecuting David
I$aa
Isidore Miller, and Peter
Pfofu ^arns, o f the New Novelty
j LejCe f a r i n g Co., Cranbourn street,
Dw
r Square, fo r keeping those
Mfyh
for the purpose o f gaming
lddler, or fruit machines.
On each machine are three brakes
by which the gambler is supposed to
be able to regulate the machine, but
few attempt to use them.
F or 6d. the reporter received seven
checks. He placed one in a machine
and pulled the handle which set three
revolving discs in motion. They
stopped, and through the glass panel
on the machine could be seen pictures
o f cherries on two o f the discs and a
lemon on the third. Four checks
dropped out o f the machine.
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^ uskett added that there were
es
the shop. There had
Of a)1?llany prosecutions in respect
0lT1atic machines, and as soon
was declared illegal an-
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ype took its place.
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the machines were pro-
Plaine ,1Tl court, and Mr. Muskett ex-
i
1 t'hat each had some form o f
^°bs° ’ ° ne *n ^he nature o f three
V
arid the other a small wedge,
the nfans.
which the working o f
the ^ h in e could be controlled by
he
ay6rs. The latter, so far as
0f ^ : i aware, was new to this class
' achine.
Sif Tvn
^i(j |.i ravers Humphreys, defending,
^ deni • an aPPeal was pending from
tfate « lQl*
the Birmingham magis-
^ estio1 a Case which raised a similar
Tl» and he asked fo r the case
The Luck Changes
With his first seven checks the ex
perimenter won 28 others from the
machine. Then the luck changed.
The whole 28 plus the original seven
went, and 21 more checks purchased
fo r Is, 6d, also went.
A t another machine, with 14
checks, which he purchased fo r a Is.,
the reporter won 34 others, but the
luck changed again and the checks
rapidly disappeared. A fter several
minor runs o f luck the 10s. had dis
appeared in an hour and a quarter.
Several o f the gamblers stated that
they were losing at the rate o f 10s.
an hour.
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